Railway Sheet 06
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1) Question.
Ballast packed below and around the sleepers to transfer the load from sleepers to formation, generally consists of
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2) Question.
A mono-block sleeper has
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3) Question.
Dimensions of a plate girder, are
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4) Question.
Cast iron sleeper, is
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5) Question.
To prevent creep in rails, the steel sleepers are fixed with rails by clips, bolts and
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6) Question.
Rails are fixed on steel sleepers
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7) Question.
Steel sleepers are
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8) Question.
Top surface of steel sleepers, is
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9) Question.
Minimum composite sleeper index for wooden sleepers used in cross-overs, is
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10) Question.
Minimum composite sleeper index for wooden sleepers used bridge girders, is
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11) Question.
Which one of the following rail failures is caused by loose fish bolts at epansion joints?
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12) Question.
Metal sleepers are superior to wooden sleepers with respect to
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13) Question.
Which one of the following relates to the percussion theory for explaining the causes of creep?
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14) Question.
On a single rail trank, goods trains loaded with heavy iron material run starting from A to B and then empty wagons run from B to A. The amount of creep in the rails.
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15) Question.
Consider the following statements.
i) Slide chairs are provided under tongue rails to allow lateral movement.
ii) Stretcher bars are provided to maintain the two tongue rails at correct distance.
iii) Grade off chairs are provided behind the heel of the switches to give a ramp to tongue rail.
Of the above statements,
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16) Question.
To ensure exact gauge, the gauge tie plates are provided at
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17) Question.
A train is hauled by 4-8-2 locomotive. The number of driving wheels in this locomotive is
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18) Question.
For the purpose of track maintenance, the number of turn out equivalent to one track km are
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19) Question.
In a shunting signal if the red band is inclined at it indicates
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20) Question.
The equilibrium superelevation to be provided on a curve of radius R metres and speed of vehicle V kmph is given by
where G is gauge
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